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QHP Issuers Data Collection for Notices for Plan or Display Errors Special Enrollment Periods (CMS-10595)

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In the final rule, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2017 (CMS-9937-F), we finalized 45 CFR 156.1256, which requires QHP issuers, in the case of a material plan or benefit display error included in 45 CFR 155.420(d)(12), to notify their enrollees of the error and the enrollees’ eligibility for a special enrollment period within 30 calendar days after the issuer is informed by an Federally- facilitated Exchange (FFE) that the error is corrected, if directed to do so by the FFE. This requirement provides notification to QHP enrollees of errors that may have impacted their QHP selection and enrollment and any associated monthly or annual costs, as well as the availability of a special enrollment period under §155.420(d)(12) for the enrollee to select a different QHP, if desired.

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Pub.L. 111 - 156 1311	View Law

Pub.L. 111 - 148 402	View Law

Pub.L. 111 - 156 1312	View Law

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Financial Capability Form

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In accordance with 2 CFR 200.205, the Office on Violence Against Women is seeking information required for assessing the financial risk of an applicant’s ability to administer federal funds. The form includes a mix of check box and narrative questions related to the organization’s financial systems, policies and procedures. The affected public includes non-governmental applicants to OVW grant programs that do not currently (or within the last 3 years) have funding from OVW.

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34 USC 12291, et seq.	View Law

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Financial Management Policies -- Interest Rate Risk

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This information collection covers the recordkeeping burden for maintaining data in accordance with the OCC's regulation on interest rate risk procedures, 12 CFR 163.176.

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12 USC 1461 et seq.	View Law

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Home Mortgage Disclosure (HMDA)

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In order to permit the FDIC to detect discrimination in residential mortgage lending, certain insured state nonmember banks are required by FDIC regulation 12 CFR 388 to maintain various data on home loan applicants.

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12 USC § 5301 et seq.	View Law

12 USC § 2801 et seq.	View Law

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(CMS-R-13) Conditions of Coverage for Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) and Supporting Regulations

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OPOs are required to submit accurate data to CMS, through the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN), concerning its organ procurement activities, as well as various OPO business activities, including information on its designated service area; structure; various policies, procedures, and protocols; and its quality assessment and performance improvement (QAPI) program. This information is necessary to assure maximum effectiveness in the procurement and distribution of organs.

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Authorizing Statutes

Pub.L. 99 - 509 9318	View Law

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Generic Clearance for Quick Turnaround Testing of Communication Effectiveness

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This information collection request supports FDA programs by creating an information collection for the development of a “Generic Clearance for Quick Turnaround Testing of Communication Effectiveness.” Section 1003(d)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 393(d)(2)) authorizes the FDA to conduct food research and educational and public information programs relating to the safety of the nation’s food supply. The generic studies covered by this request will be used to test FDA communications and educational messages related to FDA-regulated food, infant formula, dietary supplements, and animal food and feed when there is a need for a quick OMB clearance turnaround during matters requiring urgent public health communications. Collecting information from consumers and other stakeholders during urgent public health matters will help ensure that FDA’s messaging has reached the target audience and has been understood. Data will be collected using self-report web-based surveys, focus groups, and one-on-one in-depth interviews.

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21 USC 393(d)(2)	View Law

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Certification of Glazing Materials

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FRA’s Safety Glazing Standards (49 CFR part 223) provides the minimum requirements for glazing materials in order to protect railroad employees and railroad passengers from injury as a result of objects striking the windows of locomotives, caboose and passenger cars. Part 223 also outlines additional requirements for emergency window exits and window safety glazing on passenger equipment. The information collected under § 223.3(c), requires marked tools for each locomotive, passenger cars, and cabooses built after 1945, used exclusively for excursion, educational, recreational, or private transportation. The tool or other instrument may be used to remove or break an emergency window if the tool or other instrument is clearly marked, and legible and understandable instructions are provided for its use. This collection of information is mandatory, collected as needed, and it involves both reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

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49 USC 20103	View Law

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13th SOW QIN-QIO and AIAN Measure Data Collection (CMS-10934)

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The Quality Innovation Network – Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) program and American Indian Alaskan Native (AIAN) program assists providers/practices with high-quality, hands-on quality improvement assistance toward meeting their needs, and the healthcare quality and safety goals for beneficiaries. The purpose of this new information collection within these programs is to quantify performance and improvement in a broad set of quality measures that are not currently available from other sources. Selected measures are derived from the Merit Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program (HIQR), the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program (HOQR), and the CDC National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN).

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Pub.L. 112 - 40 261	View Law

Pub.L. 97 - 248 141-143	View Law

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Evidence of Marital Relationship - Living with Requirements

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Under the RRA, to obtain a benefit as a spouse of an employee annuitant or as the widow(er) of the deceased employee, an applicant must submit information to be used to determine if the marriage requirements for such benefits have been met. The collection obtains information supporting claimed common-law marriage, termination of previous marriages, and residency requirements.

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45 USC 231(a)	View Law

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Generic Clearance to Conduct Formative Research or Development of Nutrition Education and Promotion Materials and Related Tools and Grants for FNS Population Groups

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This information collection is necessary to obtain input into the development of nutrition education resources and interventions for population groups served by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS). FNS will also use this information collection to obtain data that will be used to determine the scope and direction of various types of grants.

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42 USC 1754 (Section 5)	View Law

7 USC 2020 (Section 11(f))	View Law

Pub.L. 109 - 85 19	View Law

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Guidance on Sound Incentive Compensation Policies

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Incentive compensation practices in the financial services industry contributed to the financial crisis that began in 2007. Bank employees too often were rewarded for increasing short-term revenue or profit without adequate regard to the risks taken to achieve those results. These practices exacerbated the risks and losses at a number of banking organizations and resulted in the misalignment of the interests of employees with the long-term safety and soundness of their organizations. The guidance was issued to assist banking organizations in designing and implementing incentive compensation arrangements that do not encourage imprudent risk-taking and that are consistent with the safety and soundness of a banking organization.

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12 USC 161	View Law

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Elimination of Cost-Sharing for full benefit dual-eligible Individuals Receiving Home and Community-Based Services (CMS-10344)

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This provision is mandated by the Affordable Care Act, section 3309. To implement this provision, CMS needs data from the States, identifying full benefit dual-eligible individuals who are receiving home and community-based services. The States will provide these data as a new data value on their monthly MMA Phase Down report. These data are not available from any other source. CMS will use these new data to set the affected beneficiaries' Medicare Part D copayment to zero.

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Pub.L. 111 - 148 3309	View Law

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49 CFR 585; Phase-In Reporting Requirements

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This information collection request (ICR) is to request approval for a modification of a previously approved information collection. Specifically, NHTSA is requesting approval for a modified information collection that would require manufacturers of passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses with a GVWR of 3,855 kg (8,500 lbs.) or less that are equipped with event data recorders (EDRs) to annually submit a report, and maintain records related to the report, concerning the number of such vehicles that meet the EDR requirements of 49 CFR 563 during the phase-in period.

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49 USC 30111, 30112, 30117	View Law

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Cadmium in Construction Standard (29 CFR 1926.1127)

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The standard requires employers to monitor worker exposure to cadmium, to provide medical surveillance to workers, and to establish and maintain accurate worker and exposure records. These records are used by employers, workers, physicians, and the Government to ensure that workers are not being harmed by exposure to Cadmium.

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29 USC 657	View Law

29 USC 651	View Law

29 USC 655	View Law

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Patent and PTAB Pro Bono Programs

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The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA), Public Law 112–29 § 32 (2011) directs the USPTO to work with and support intellectual property law associations across the country in the establishment of pro bono programs designed to assist financially under-resourced independent inventors and small businesses (also referred to as “regional hubs”). To support this, the USPTO works with and supports various non-profit organizations to operate a series of autonomous regional hubs that endeavor to match low-income inventors with volunteer patent practitioners across the United States. The regional hubs comprise law schools, bar associations, innovation/entrepreneurial organizations, and arts-focused lawyer referral services that are strategically located to provide access to patent pro bono services across all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. To support the purposes described above, the Patent Pro Bono Survey collects information regarding the activity of the regional hubs. The USPTO works with the Pro Bono Advisory Council (PBAC) to determine what information is necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of each regional hub’s operations. The PBAC is a well-established group of patent practitioners and thought leaders in intellectual property who provide support and guidance to the regional hubs across the country. The data collected provides the USPTO with valuable information, including the number of inventor inquiries, referral sources, number of pro bono applicants successfully matched with patent practitioners, and types of patent filings. The USPTO, PBAC, and the regional hubs, are responsible for the quarterly collection of this data. The USPTO’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), collaborates with the PTAB Bar Association (PTAB Bar Assoc.), a non-profit organization focused on helping secure the just, speedy, and inexpensive resolution of every PTAB proceeding and serves the public by coordinating pro bono opportunities. The PTAB and the PTAB Bar Assoc. established a national clearinghouse that acts as a matchmaker to connect under-resourced inventors with volunteer patent practitioners across the United States for assistance in preparing and arguing ex parte appeals before the PTAB. The PTAB Bar Assoc.’s national clearinghouse provides nationwide access to legal representation for pro bono ex parte appeal services. The PTAB Pro Bono Program supports the purposes described above by facilitating the availability of pro bono services for proceedings before the PTAB, which the USPTO believes can help reduce the financial burden on under-resourced inventors seeking ex parte appeal assistance, especially those impacted by the pandemic.

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Pub.L. 112 - 29 32	View Law

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Qualifications for Failed Bank Acquisitions

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The FDIC’s policy statement on Qualifications for Failed Bank Acquisitions provides guidance to private capital investors interested in acquiring or investing in failed insured depository institutions regarding the terms and conditions for such investments or acquisitions. The information collected pursuant to the policy statement allows the FDIC to evaluate, among other things, whether such investors (and their related interests) could negatively impact the Deposit Insurance Fund, increase resolution costs, or operate in a manner that conflict with statutory safety and soundness principles and compliance requirements.

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12 USC 1816-1818, 1823	View Law

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FERC-740, Availability of E-Tag Information to Commission Staff

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This collection of information is authorized by 18 CFR 366.2(d), which requires Commission access, on a non-public and view-only basis, to information that is located on “electronic tags,” also known as “e-Tags.” Each e-Tag consists of an electronic record of a transaction to transfer energy from a generation source to a Balancing Authority (BA). Each BA operates a portion of the grid, balancing supply and demand and assuring compliance with federal reliability standards. E-Tag “authors” are typically Purchasing-Selling Entities (PSEs). A PSE purchases or sells energy, capacity, and Interconnected Operations Services. Transmission system operators, which are among the addressees of e-Tags, use e-Tags to ascertain the transactions affecting their local systems, and to prevent damage to the power grid. Commission access to e-Tags helps the Commission detect and prevent market manipulation and anti-competitive behavior, and monitor the efficiency of markets. Both transmission system operators and the Commission need the e-Tag information to understand the use of the interconnected electricity grid, particularly transactions occurring at interchanges. Due to the nature of the electric grid, an individual transaction’s impact on an interchange cannot be assessed adequately in all cases without information from all connected systems, which is included in the e-Tags. The inclusion of the Commission among the addresses of e-Tags is completely automatic and is part of the normal business requirement. Thus, the time, effort, and financial resources necessary to comply with this collection of information are “usual and customary” within the meaning of the OMB regulation at 5 CFR 1320.3 (b)(2) (excluding such activities from the definition of “burden”). In view of these circumstances, FERC is including only a “placeholder” burden of one hour to account for the rare event where a new BA qualifies for exemption under the Commission’s regulations (e.g., transmissions from a new non-U.S. BA into another non-U.S. BA using a path that does not go through a U.S. BA). In that case, this administrative function would be expected to require at most an hour of effort total from both the BA and e-Tag administrator to include the BA on the exemption list. New exempt BAs are not common—years may pass between them—but for the purpose of estimation, we will conservatively assume one appears each year.

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16 USC 825f	View Law

16 USC 824v	View Law

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Strategic Prevention Framework for Prescription Drugs (SPF Rx)

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The SPF-Rx program is designed to address nonmedical use of prescription drugs as well as opioid overdoses by raising awareness about the dangers of sharing medications and by working with pharmaceutical and medical communities. The SPF-Rx program aims to promote collaboration between states/tribes and pharmaceutical and medical communities to understand the risks of overprescribing to youth age 12–17 and adults 18 years of age and older and enhance capacity for and access to Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) data for prevention purposes.

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42 USC 516	View Law

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Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Program: Final Marketing Provisions CFR 422.111(a)(3) and 423.128(a)(3) (CMS-10260)

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This final rule implements provisions of the Social Security Act (the Act) establishing and regulating the Medicare Advantage (MA) program. The MA program was enacted in Title II of The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) on December 8, 2003. The MA program replaces the Medicare+Choice (M+C) program established under Part C of the title XVIII of the Act, while retaining most key features of the M+C program. The MA program attempts to broadly reform and expand the availability of private health plan options to Medicare beneficiaries. Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations and Prescription Drug Plan Sponsors use the information to comply with the eligibility requirements and the MA and Part D contract requirements. CMS will use this information to ensure that correct information is disclosed to Medicare beneficiaries, both potential enrollees and enrollees.

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Pub.L. 108 - 117 201	View Law

Pub.L. 110 - 275 103	View Law

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Regional Innovation Cluster Quarterly and Annual Reporting

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SBA invests in regional clusters by contracting with cluster administrators to grow and manage individual RICs and provide services directly to small businesses. The quarterly and annual reporting will be administered digitally by each cluster administrator and used to collect and track cluster membership, small businesses served, types of small business assistance, and small business outcomes.

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Financial Responsibility for Motor Carriers of Passengers and Motor Carriers of Property

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This non-substantive change request is to update the expiration date for the forms MCS-82, MCS-82B, MCS-90, and MCS-90B. DOT promulgates regulations that establish minimum levels of financial responsibility for motor carriers of property to cover public liability, property damage, and environmental restoration, and minimum levels of financial responsibility for for-hire motor carriers of passengers to cover public liability and property damage. It is mandated that motor carriers maintain proof of the required financial responsibility at their principal places of business, available upon request of an FMCSA safety investigator during investigations or audits. Insurance endorsements and surety bonds are considered public information and must be produced by a motor carrier of property or a motor carrier of passengers for review upon reasonable request by a member of the public. Motor carriers domiciled in Canada, Mexico, and non-North America (NNA) domiciled carriers who transport property or conduct passenger transportation operations within the United States must obtain an insurance endorsement or surety bond. All vehicles operated in the United States by these motor carriers must have a legible copy of the insurance endorsement or surety bond in the vehicle available to Federal or State enforcement officials during roadside inspections. FMCSA and the public use the information collected to verify that a motor carrier of property or passengers has obtained, and has in effect, the required minimum levels of financial responsibility. This ICR has a program adjustment of an increase in annual responses and burden hours due to a 51 percent increase in the number of entities that registered in 2020-2022. The information collections (ICs) are as follows: IC1.1 - Property carriers to complete MCS-90 (insurance) IC1.2 - Property carriers to complete MCS-82 (surety) IC2.1 - Passenger carriers to complete MCS-90B (insurance) IC2.2 - Passenger carriers to complete MCS-82B (surety) IC1.3a - U.S. Property carriers to store MCS-90 (insurance) IC1.3b - U.S. Property carriers to store MCS-82 (surety) IC2.3a - U.S. Passenger carriers to store MCS-90B (insurance) IC2.3b - U.S. Passenger carriers to store MCS-82B (surety) IC1.3c - Mexico, NNA and Canada property carriers to store MCS-90 (insurance) IC1.3d - Mexico, NNA and Canada property carriers to store MCS-82 (surety) IC2.3c - Mexico, NNA and Canada passenger carriers to store MCS-90B (insurance) IC2.3d - Mexico, NNA and Canada passenger carriers to store MCS-82B (surety)

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49 USC 31138	View Law

49 USC 31139	View Law

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[NCEH] Distribution of Traceable Opioid Material* Kits (TOM Kits*) across U.S. and International Laboratories

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The purpose of this information collection (IC) is for the CDC to assure that the Traceable Opioid Material* Kits (TOM Kits*) are being distributed to different types of laboratories in public, private, and non-profit sectors. The intended use is: 1) To gather information on the types of laboratories requesting the kits. 2) To determine the types of instrumentation, matrices, and sample size for those requesting kits. Data will be collected by online survey. This Extension ICR is submitted to renew the data collection for an additional three years. There is no change to the approved burden hours.

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42 USC 241	View Law

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Annual Business Survey

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In an effort to improve the measurement of business dynamics in the United States, the Census Bureau is conducting the 2025 Annual Business Survey (ABS), covering reference year 2024. The ABS combines Census Bureau firm-level collections to reduce respondent burden, increase data quality, reduce operational costs, and operate more efficiently. The ABS provides information on selected economic and demographic characteristics for businesses and business owners by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status. Further, the survey measures research and development for microbusinesses, new business topics such as innovation and technology, as well as other business characteristics.

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13 USC 8(b), 131, and 182	View Law

42 USC 1861-76	View Law

Pub.L. 111 - 358 505	View Law

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Public Housing Flat Rent Exception Request Market Analysis

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In 2023, the form was updated to reduce the burden on PHAs and to reduce the number of corrections needed after submission. The updated form includes a tab for written justifications that are required by Notice PIH 2022-33 (first established in Notice PIH 2021-27) and allows the justifications to be included directly on the market analysis form. The “cable in rent” amenity was removed, and an amenity category was added for washer and dryer connections (“washer/dryer hook-up”). Additional updates were made to the formulas in the form that allow HUD to automatically calculate the difference in age between the PHA units and market rate units as well as indicate when an amenity is over the threshold allotted in Notice PIH 2022-33. The addition of these formulas reduces the requirement for HUD to manually tabulate the monetary values associated with unit age differences. Typographical errors and formatting inconsistencies were also corrected. The revised form was implemented for the FY23, FY24, and FY25 flat rent exception request cycles. HUD is adjusting the average number of respondents and hourly cost per response to reflect the average level of submissions in FY2023, FY2024, and FY2025. No changes are being made to the form with this renewal. HUD uses the information from the current form (flat rent market analysis) to collect data from PHAs that compares the proposed flat rent for public housing units with the Fair Market Rents (FMRs) in their city or metropolitan area and those in neighboring cities. The information collected is used for data reference purposes by PHAs that are proposing to set their units’ rents lower than 80 percent of the FMR. PHAs are then able to justify the change in rent of public housing units, and the data collected determines if HUD will approve the flat rent exception request. The information collected on the flat rent market analysis form tabulates a comprehensive list of unique unit characteristics applicable to PHAs with similar and varying units based on bedroom size, amenities, services and utilities. This information is contained in one form to streamline the process and reduce the need for redundant data collection across multiple forms and agencies. Since many PHAs lack the ability to obtain such data independently, a central collection method is essential.

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42 USC 1437z2	View Law

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FERC-920 (Electric Quarterly Report (EQR))

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EQR information allows the Commission and the public to gain a more complete picture of interstate wholesale electric power and transmission markets by providing information concerning price formation and market concentration in these markets. Public access to power sales and transmission-related information in the EQR improves market participants’ ability to assess supply and demand fundamentals and to price interstate wholesale electric market transactions. This, in turn, results in greater market confidence, lower transaction costs, and ultimately supports competitive markets. In addition, the data filed in the EQR strengthens the Commission’s ability to exercise its oversight and enforcement responsibilities of wholesale electric and electric power transmission rates in accordance with the Federal Power Act. Without this information, the Commission would lack some of the data it needs to examine and approve or modify electric rates. It also strengthens the Commission’s ability to identify potential exercises of market power or manipulation and to better evaluate the competitiveness of interstate wholesale electric markets.

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16 USC 824t	View Law

Pub.L. 109 - 58 119 Stat. 594 (2005)	View Law

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